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See you later, from the Why We Post team

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:21:45 +0000

This is our end-of-project blogpost, after five years of our ERC-funded project Why We Post. So, what has been achieved? 1) In the light of a comparative study of nine fieldsites and our eleven books of evidence, we hope people will fully appreciate that social media is always content, and content is always the local […]

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Global Social Media Impact Study

High aims…A research project dedicated to understanding the implications of social media for humankind. Read more

Global in scope…Nine researchers conducting simultaneous ethnographies on social media use in countries across the world. Read more

Engaging both academics and the public…Live updates and conversation from the fieldsites on the project blog. Read more

Please see our new website for the latest information on the Why We Post project.

The Global Social Media Impact Study based at the UCL Department of Anthropology is dedicated to understanding the implications of social networking sites for global humankind and society, and explaining their significance for the future of the social sciences.